2012 January 02 Poker News, Events and Happenings
New Jersey Democratic state Sen. Raymond Lesniak is attempting to push an online gambling bill through the Legislature before next week, and more financial information about Phil Ivey’s divorce settlement has been released.
Behnam Dayanim, the U.S.-based lawyer for GBT, discusses the Full Tilt Poker acquisition.
The Quick Summary
On Jan. 1, 2012, PokerStars changed its VIP Program from the “dealt” method to the “weighted contribution” method.
Divorce drama reveals Phil Ivey made $920K a month from Tiltware. Luciaetta Ivey, unhappy with the divorce settlement and files lawsuit against her ex-husband & his attorney, David Chesnoff.
A look at the results from the first Sunday Majors of 2012 that ran this weekend on PokerStars.
When PokerStars announced changes to its rake structure and VIP program last week, it knew there would be some push back from customers, but it never expected the volcano of emotion that erupted from high volume players. Immediately after the announcement was made, players on the Two Plus Two forums, the largest poker message board on the internet, scolded PokerStars for a “money grab” and staged a revolt.
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